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Having a pile or point pointed...
Piles
The small troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids See Hemorrhoids The singular pile is sometimes used...
Pile worn
Having the pile worn off threadbare...
Pila
Pila, that side of money which was called pile, because it was the side on which there was an impression of a church built on piles, Fleta, lib. 1, c. 39 [cf. Fr. 'pile ou face'; 'heads or tails']....
Pyre
A funeral pile a combustible heap on which the dead are burned hence any pile to be burnt...
Rogus
Rogus, a funeral pile; a great fire wherein dead bodies were burned; a pile of wood, Claus. 5 Hen. 3...
logrolling
logrolling [from the former American custom of neighbors assisting one another in rolling logs into a pile for burning] : the practice of including in a legislative bill unrelated provisions to attract a wider base of support and insure passage of the bill as a whole ...
register
register [Anglo-French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, pl., register, from Latin, neuter plural of regestus, past participle of regerere to bring back, pile up, collect] 1 : a written record containing regular entries of items or details ;specif : police register 2 a : a book or system of public records (as titles or patents) b : a roster of qualified or available individuals c : the formal record maintained by a corporation of the names and addresses of holders of its registered securities 3 : registry 4 probably alteration of Middle English registrer registrar : registrar vb -tered -ter·ing vt 1 : to make or secure official entry of in a register [ a car] [ a title] 2 : to enroll formally esp. as a voter or student 3 : to secure special protection for (a piece of mail) by prepayment of a fee vi 1 : to enroll one's name in a register 2 : to enroll one's name officially as a prerequisite for voting ...
Bank
A mound pile or ridge of earth raised above the surrounding level hence anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth as a bank of clouds a bank of snow...
Bing
A heap or pile as a bing of wood...
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